Habichat article By Katy Gorsuch What’s your favorite tree? If you’re any of Maryland’s thousands of native animals, your answer may be an oak! Maryland boasts 22 species in the oak genus (Quercus), 21 of which are native. Maryland’s state tree is the white oak (Quercus alba), and from 1940 until 2002 an individual white Read the Rest…
Marylanders Encouraged to Grow Native Trees and Other Plants The Maryland Park Service is planting more than 10,000 trees in honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, April 22, 2020. From the shores of Assateague Island to the mountains of Western Maryland, rangers will plant native trees on public lands to mark the occasion. Read the Rest…
